Say "Thank You" More Often

You woke up. 

You checked your cell phone. 

Went to the washroom. 

Brushed your teeth. 

Had some coffee/tea and before you even realize you left for work or to fetch that daily newspaper you so much waited for the whole night!

Now let me ask you one simple question:- Is it you channeling yourself or someone else? 

No! It definitely ain’t you. It’s your boss or your newspaper vendor who’s channeling you and you are completely unaware of this!

Sometimes we do say “Thank You” to both of them, but we so often forget to say thanks to the guy above them too.

Yes, Am referring to the guy up there who gave birth to all of us.

We forget to say thanks to him very often. We forget that he’s the one who has given us each and everything to be thankful for. Gratitude isn’t the only thing am referring you to practice. Not even praying, though the way we pray is altogether not right most of the times(Another post for that later).

It is proved by scientific researches that our soul has some weight too. Our soul is something that isn’t made up of any matter. It’s invisible, yet very much here. Similarly is The God Particle. Some call it Jesus Christ,some call it as The Infinite Intelligence, some call it as Krishna, some as Shiva, some as Waheguru and some as Allah. But all these different paths lead to the same destination.

This very moment when you are reading this write-up, someone in Puerto Rico might be in his last breaths, someone in Thailand might be going through excruciating pain while giving birth to her child, someone in India might be suffering from cancer and praying for his recovery, a single dad in Canada might be leaving his children to school for the first time, a teenager somewhere in Shanghai  is frightened to go to his school because he is made fun of having stutter.

There are many other worse situations you could have been in. But, look around you. Your life is so much blessed. YOU are so much blessed. 

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.

Please don’t spend this beautiful, new, inspiring day remembering your sins. We all have done our part of sins. No one is perfect. But that’s what makes us more human, being aware of our mistakes and learning from them to get better in the art of life.

Say, Thank You to god (or the Universal Energy, whatever you believe in) for giving you one more day to live this beautiful life. You being alive is a blessing. He has a mission for you to fulfill. He has sent you here to make things better, not worse. So why not keep Him in mind always and do the good deed? 

From the bottom of your heart, say Thank You to the energy up there for blessing you with the clothes to wear, family and friends to love, food to eat, water to drink and sheltered home to live in. 

Trust me, when you'll start saying Thank You more often and from the core of yourself, you'll feel blessed and life will thus seem like a playground to dance, live, laugh, and love! :) 

Until next time…

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy. And . . . Stay grateful!

Thank You for reading my this short article, dear sweet soul! 

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How To Build Strong Relationships

Each and everything that exists in this material world, be it a living thing or a non- living one, they’re all connected to each other. There is an existence of a very beautiful bond between all the things. Among humans, we call that ‘bond’ or that sort of connection as “relationships”.

Feeling connected and loved by those whom we’re connected to, is a very fundamental need that almost all of us crave for in our lives, from the beginning to the end.  Despite of this, we sometimes feel that there is some sort of disconnection, or we tend to experience that some sort of aura gets missing and we feel gloomy. 

So today with this article, I would like to present to you some very beautiful tips on How To Build Strong Relationships.

Let’s get started …

1)    Schedule It! 

Every successful company schedules its meetings. We all schedule our days around our work but often we forget to schedule the time we want to spend with our loved ones. Don’t spend so much time in work that you’re left wondering how your kids became adults so soon. Watch them grow. Be part of their growing up. Not just in parenting, we desperately need scheduling in all of our “relationships”.

Plan out all those days in which you want to spend time with your loved ones. Sit with them, ask them that you genuinely are interested in doing so and watch how they assist you. If your excuse all these years has been that they don’t have time for you, then try this idea! They’ll appreciate you took this step and they WILL give you time ad love, for sure. ;)

 Scheduling is always done and recommended for achieving a specific or a defined goal/objective. Isn’t spending time and creating moments of happiness in your relationships one of your life’s meaningful purposes?

2)    Say “I Love You” More Often

This one’s surely a no brainer.

You love your loved ones. Well, everyone loves their respective loved ones. You love them. They love you. Still, why do you feel that emotional hole?

Lack of expression – that’s the simplest answer to that.

Loving is merely like a car without wheels if you don’t make the time and effort to say “I Love You” to your loved ones like you mean it. Would that simple thing, ever cost you anything? Not at all. Still, do we do it? Guess not. So, please do that A LOT!

And don’t just go straightaway and say “Hey! I want to tell you that I love You”, well that could be done, but it lacks the ‘surprise’ element. 

Plan something exciting and surprise your loved ones regularly.  Don’t leave those three letters to be used only when it’s your loved one’s anniversary or birthday, use them more often!

Love More To Get Loved More!

3)     Engage in deep meaningful conversations

Those distress times when we don’t feel that some “spark” is missing in our lives, then is the moment you should realize that you have something troubling you or your loved one. Sit with them. Make time for them! (I just have to repeat this one again!) Go to a place where none of your sexy social notifications could poke you for your valuable attention. Turn off all distractions and make the other person talking. Cheer them up. Make them feel like “Oh! That has happened to me as well…” and then go on with your story. Sometimes when we feel that our close ones have been through the same things, same battles, same struggles, we feel that we are not alone. Or if there’s no connection between the thing troubling your loved one and you; just lend a helping hand and an empathetic ear to them. It will mean a new world to them. We all worry a lot; sometimes all it takes is just that one person to whoosh it all away!

4)    Encourage Healthy Criticism

All of us want to know our weaknesses to improve ourselves so that we could improve the quality of the fine thread of our relationships. Engage in healthy criticism with your loved ones. Be patient, listen to all those bad things about you and say “Shut Up!” to your mind when the other person is talking. After he/she has finished, don’t just blurt out all those reasons you were withholding earlier, instead talk it through with them. Your relationship is a journey, go with the other person hand in hand, together getting through all obstacles; and this can be only done if you encourage each other to be the best you see in your better half.
 

5)    What If Fights Occur…?

If fights occur, then remember you both are in this relationship; make sure one person remains silent if the other is unintentionally loud. And the last thing I want to suggest you, which I apply in my life is – never go to sleep after a fight. You just never know when the other person won’t be there to continue that fight. So instead of dozing off with hatred in heart, get up and resolve, then sleep peacefully.

Hope my ideas will serve you to the fullest of their potential.

Dwell on them for some time. Think deeply through each one of these points and try to use them as often as you could.

Relationships are the only jewels you have in life. Don’t lose them. . . or else, you’ll lose life!

Till next time!

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How To Love All Year Long

Today’s article is specially crafted for the ones who just celebrated their Valentine’s Day.

Well, I personally feel that there is nothing special about Valentine’s Day only and if, you love your sweetheart all year round. But yes, if you forget to love your darling all year, then buddy, you definitely should thank for having this one day!

Okay jokes apart, today I will share with you some simple ideas and tricks you can use to amp up your love life because without that spark in your love life, you’ll lose your mojo very soon. And there is nothing worse than a man without love in his heart. Love drives all of us, love forces us to be better and it is love alone which has motivated many men in history to become legends! Examples are Charles Dickens and Abraham Lincoln to name a few.

Note : Just don’t think that these points are only for the couples who have kids. This article is for ALL who are in relationships.

It all starts with…

1)    Schedule It !

Properly arranged your office files?                       Check!
Set reminders for next week’s meetings?              Check!

Allocated time for working extra this Friday?        Check!

Made firm decision to invest more in equity?        Check!

Set aside a date for your lovely wife/ girlfriend?   Uh-Oh!

You got it. Didn’t you? Stop taking your loved one for granted. Make them feel that they are valuable by giving them undivided attention and all the love you store in each of the chambers of your heart. For doing this, during the starting of every month, make the time to sit alone with your loved one, tell them you just want their time and make a schedule to go on dates with them. And please leave your kids at home then or to your parent’s house. It’s a time for YOU BOTH ONLY !

2)    Family time is different from the intimate time.

Many of us do the mistake that we think that spending time with family is same as spending time with your loved one.  See, family time is a time for discussing family matters, intimate time is for all these things you used to talk about with your loved one when you didn’t have kids.  Your wife/husband/better half needs your attention for their own stuff they want to talk about, not something related to the kids. Of course kids are important to your loved one as they are to you, but don’t forget to leave them behind in your lovely journey. Take them along with you.
 

3)    Bring back that Old Love

C’mon, this one’s a no brainer. You know why you have lost your old love life somewhere in the backyard? Because you have burdened up yourself with too much obligations, too much work and too much responsibilities.  STOP! Being so rude and selfish. Think about your love. Get flirty again the way you were in the past. While walking give a sudden kiss to him/her. They’ll be surprised and you surely will make them feel like those good old days are back!

ONLY YOU can bring back the spark, no one else will.

4)    Propose Her Again!

  I think our better halves do for us much more than we think they do. So why not while you both are walking down the beach, sunset time, crisp air washing by your side, you kneel down and BANG! Pop the question to her again. Obviously she’ll be surprised. Don’t get shocked if she asks you if you’re okay or not. But this one act of yours will make the long beach walk perfectly beautiful for her… and for you as well!

So please, spend a whole year like the way I have explained. And you’ll never have to wait for the Valentine’s Day.

Loving fully is living openly. :) 

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Chase What You Love

Today's article is a decent reminder of your inner genius and a wake-up call to the sleeping ones because there is no better time but today to chase down your love and passion.

With “love”, here, I refer to your own passion and the art you want to release in the world.

With love, here, I refer to that work for which you are up till late nights which never lets you sleep.

With love, here, I mean that love of your life for which you are ready to put in every last drop of your sweat and blood.

With love, here, I mean that particular single goal which reigns supreme in your mind for that is your surest path to success.

With love, here, I mean that mission of your life for the completion of which you wake up every day with fire to fight against all naysayers and critics and do what means the most to you.

Ladies and gentlemen, I refer, here, "love" to the craft you are pursuing right now.

Many folks from "the lot" of mediocrity wonder what drives a successful man when they look at them.

The answer is simple - they are following their passion.

So while being stuck in the feeling of jealousy, they criticize and condemn those massive leaders for who they are and try to find their weaknesses.

My this article is just a simple reminder for you to keep on doing what you are doing, because if you won't pursue what you want to or if you don't keep on doing what you're good at, then you surely will steal the golden opportunity from the world to see how artistic your inner self is; you'll never be able to make the hidden genius in you, see the light of the day.

Just imagine the extent to which you'll leave the world depriving to get a glimpse of the genius in you.

Now if, like many people, you have the thought in mind that peace of mind is a by-product of money, then my dear friend, you are utterly mistaken.

Following the craft which according to your own mental beliefs will get you your dreams - that is the single most thing that will give you peace of mind. Money surely will accompany you soon on this path, but it always remains a by-product for such a person who is focused on creating nothing but world class.

As I have always written in my earlier articles, there is nothing hurting than future regrets not acted upon in time. I myself have skipped a few beautiful moments earlier in my life, where I could have improved my self-esteem, which I now regret. Lesson learned - moved on.

Might be this article would seem to you like a shorter one than usual, but let me wrap it up quickly with some more brainstorming ideas that why you should follow your passions.

The next time you attend a party or go to the office or you sit with a bunch of friends, just ask them these following questions:-

1) Hey! How's your day going?

2) So, what's the best part of your job which you absolutely love to do?

3) Who's your idol in your workplace to whom you look up to for every source of inspiration?

4) Have you ever felt like you are in a wrong place (to work) than now?

I am deeply sad to tell you that not many would answer joyously with gleaming passion on their faces.

You know why so?

Because not many of us are following our passions.

And, I personally feel that THIS is the very reason why you should follow your passion.

I want you to be the light in the dark for those lagging behind. I urge you to be the leader of such men and women who would view you as a source of inspiration and vigor. Be so good in your craft that your name alone lights up, the lagging ones, from inside and makes their stomachs burn with the fire of producing giant successful results. That is the class of leaders the world lacks right now.

Please own your Heroic-ship today!

As I said earlier, there is no better time than NOW.

Follow your passions. Make the difference. Live for something big. Be an inspiration.

There are only a few of us who are owning their games of life and playing with their crafts to be the heavyweight kings of their respective endeavors.

Are you among them?

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.  

Droplets Of Happiness

Few days back I had a very amazing experience. Wanted to share it with you all.

There was a man, aged 28 probably, he was giving all his relatives ice creams to eat. All of his relatives were 80 + in their age and the way they were looking at the ice creams, I was able to guess that it was the first ice cream of their lives. For a while they were saying no to him but somewhere down there, the small child in them was jumping to have it!

 The man insisted and they agreed.

I was watching them very carefully... They were enjoying every bite of it. Whenever the ice would touch their sensitive teeth, they would look at each other and laugh. When the ice cream of one of them would start melting from one end, others notified him and they all again burst into laughter. Every moment till their ice creams was over, they were purely convulsed with laughter. It was a very sweet scene. I just couldn't take my eyes off their happiness and smiles which clearly showcased how much the little child in all of them was happy as if the old man took a seat and the small child in them was showcasing his energy and vitality.

What I learned from them was that life is small, life is short. We need to play it big but we also need to savor the small happiness it brings with it. These are what I refer to as droplets of happiness.

Drop by drop a sea is made. Bricks of small happinesses in life construct a life well lived.

Another incident that revised these thoughts in me happened a few weeks back.

I met a friend of mine. She's an awesome writer. She writes better than me. And I respect her and her way of writing a lot! (If I get permission from her then I'll share her poem with you all... She's damn good! no, not good it's GENIUS level thing! ) okay so as I was sharing, I entered her room and damn... I was surprised, a bit shocked and a lot curious to know the reason.

She has pasted all of her pictures on her wardrobe. Starting from her cute little baby pictures to her till date pictures. It's like a collage. In some she is making weird funny faces, in some, she is posing as a supermodel and in some, she's looking damn gorgeous (which she is, undoubtedly). And not just her pictures, she herself is a very strong lady and someone who doesn't let life's downs get her low. So basically what I learned by looking at those pictures and her nature is that... Life will throw it's worst cards at you sometimes... But it's your wish if you want to lose or you want to play it in spades. Her outgoing nature is just mesmerizing and yes it's also a real reflection of her inner strength and confidence. Her pictures perfectly define the class of that lady. And guys you know from where all these qualities and that alluring confidence came?

It's that collage. I haven't asked her about this. But this is just my view of it.

What I encourage you all to do is...To have your own collage. When your life gets you through its deep difficult valley, your collage will show you the way. When you're in deep tension your collage will tell you one thing. "Dude, why so serious?"(No, not in that tone of joker which you might be having in mind LOL..just kidding) In difficult times I believe these pictures will give you strength. They will speak ... No... They will SHOUT at you in times of distress that "Cmon girl, you've been through many difficult phases, this is nothing in front of all that". And then you bring a whole new self out to the world. Wow! Wouldn't that feel wow?

Let me sum up what I just said by giving you three examples of what your every picture will speak and remind you…

1)    The Weird faces you make will speak that be crazy. Life’s not meant to be all that serious

2)    The Childhood pictures will speak at you that live life maturely, be responsible but most importantly be a child at heart.

3)    The pictures in which you are looking elegant (for ladies)/dapper(for gentlemen), they will speak to you that look at yourself. You are worth more than you think. And you deserve nothing less than first class.

So please get your collage on. It's self-motivating and works as a self-affirmation tool too that you're worth more than you could ever think.

Your collage will always give you a smile on your face. And there's a very powerful effect of a smile. It's a very bitter truth that am telling you... But the world doesn't give a damn about the fact if you are sad. Your sadness will repel others. And your smile will attract others. And my friend's smile is very attractive and a good example of exuding passion and vitality which she so easily demonstrates through her strong character. 

If your tears cannot find a place in your eyes... Will they ever find any place in someone's heart? No. They won't. Only a few will be by your side and your biggest ally will always be at your side, and that is YOU!!!

So, have a collage guys! So that your best friend "YOU" is always there, looking at you, smiling at you and reminding you to take life easily, and to make you realize that you're just Awesome!!! 

These pictures will be your small little droplets of happiness that will make your life worth living ! 

So I would now end up this blog post with her latest (and her favorite WhatsApp status) it's this...

LOVE. LAUGH. LIVE.

Till next time. 

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.